Question

The Brown family needs to rent a truck for their upcoming move. Express Movers will charge them $25 for the first day and $0.80 for every mile. Smith & Smith Co. will charge $35 for the first day and $0.60 for every mile. Before deciding which service to use, Mrs. Brown wants to find out how many miles would make the two choices equivalent in cost. The following equations represent this situation.

Answer 1

Express Movers equation would be y= 25 + .8x
Smith equation would be y= 35 + .6x
if you went 14 miles with Movers, you would go 1 mile with Smith for the same price.